I did not allow anyone to wear any kind of jewelry on my job. Long hair had to be in a pony tail and if real long a bun. T shirts only. Most of the time the company provided the shirts.

30 years ago on someone elses job a guys wedding ring touched something hot in a panel. It burned a ring around his finger to the bone. The guy that took him to the hospital told us the doc had to amputate his finger. Thats when I stopped wearing a watch and decided if I ever ran jobs nobody was gonna be wearing stuff. No metal belt buckles either.

My Titanium wedding ring actually saved my finger once when the mill I was tightening the draw bar on turned on and pinned my finger (at the ring) to the motor with the wrench. It would have broken my finger for sure.

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Nothing can be made idiot-proof; only idiot resistant.

Events. Stage, PA, Lighting and Backline rentals.Chauvet dealer. Home of the Angler.Inventor.

Back in the 80's when i took my Mechanics exam, 6 or 8 of us were sitting in a waiting area, to be called to one of the 8 exam stations.As I went to each station, I pulled off my watch and stuffed it into a pocket.As I approached the Transmission station, the instructor sees me, and asks why I took off my watch. "I can't work with crap on my wrist".He rolls up his shirtsleeve, and shows me a wicked scar. "I wish I thought like that when I was 25. Got my hand pinned under a dashboard, and the guys had to cut me out".OK then, it's official. No "jewelry" when working with your hands.....Today I wear a medic-alert bracelet, but then I am not wrenching cars and trucks anymore.Chris.

The TD at a client venue is now wearing a ceramic wedding ring after his prior ring experienced some DC contact.

This below is why we (stage technicians, production company workers) DO NOT, under any circumstances, disconnect CamLocs while powered or under load. This is why we DO NOT work in energized panels or with stuff that might be energized without our knowledge (lockout/tag out).

I'm pretty sure this guy's career as a stage hand ended with the big blue spark.

"Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something." - Kurt Vonnegut

There was a gruesome picture shared recently on FB of a high voltage flashover caused by a meter that had been stored outdoors in a truck and moisture from condensation inside provided the unexpected conductive path.

The incident was several years ago in Dakota,,, hard to share FB links.